Patricia Piccinini — Too close for comfort

Using hyper-realistic sculptures of customized life forms, Patricia Piccinini examines the relationships between animals, nature, science, and technology.

Her major artworks often reflect her interests in world issues such as bioethics, biotechnologies and the environment, exploring what she calls the ‘often specious distinctions between the artificial and the natural’. She challenges our classification of life by displaying the relationship and differences between the organic, natural and our constructed material world.

The drawing show here are from her website. They represent part of the creative process and as such are not considered by Piccinini as art works. To see more of her work click here.

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